March 2023: Bug's life

A praying mantis paid us a visit.

My 10-year-old son, William, took this photo of a cicada emerging from its exoskeleton. He was fascinated by the stages of a bug's life.

Staring contest with a praying mantis.

1. My friend’s son, Jackson Huber, selected a flower from my garden for his mom and picked up a hitchhiker.

Late summer horse fly hitching a ride on the car.

My grandson Camden sleeping. Big brother Jayden decided to put bug stickers on him while he slept.

Spotted a praying mantis in Vinton County, Ohio.

Swallowtail butterfly on a Marcella Louise dahlia.

A praying mantis on my front porch eating a stink bug. I could hear it crunching as it chewed.

I captured this honeybee on a sunflower in the sunflower fields at Lynd's Fruit Farm. The colors were so vibrant against a blue sky.